JeminaNapier.bsky.social
@jeminanapier.bsky.social
Jemina Napier, PhD, FaCSS, FAHA, FASLI
Associate Principal Research Culture & People @HeriotWattUni feminist, EDI, sign languages, mediated communication, research methods. Views my own
Associate Principal Research Culture & People @HeriotWattUni feminist, EDI, sign languages, mediated communication, research methods. Views my own
Survey link: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2MDBqSbLLd...
Microsoft Forms
forms.cloud.microsoft
July 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Survey link: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2MDBqSbLLd...
Please respond to the 3-minute survey where you will see a few questions signed in BSL that you can respond to. Please also share with anyone that you think would be keen to complete the survey. We are aiming for 1,000 respondents! Thank you!
See BSL: youtu.be/MsRd3OGWgMU
See BSL: youtu.be/MsRd3OGWgMU
Lumo TV survey social media blurb BSL
YouTube video by Jemina Napier
youtu.be
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Please respond to the 3-minute survey where you will see a few questions signed in BSL that you can respond to. Please also share with anyone that you think would be keen to complete the survey. We are aiming for 1,000 respondents! Thank you!
See BSL: youtu.be/MsRd3OGWgMU
See BSL: youtu.be/MsRd3OGWgMU
Reposted by JeminaNapier.bsky.social
And more recently, she discussed with Su Kyong Isakson how hearing ASL heritage signers could be better included in language education
www.languageonthemove.com/the-case-for...
www.languageonthemove.com/the-case-for...
The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Associate Professor Su Kyong Isakson (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) about her 2018 paper, The Case for H…
www.languageonthemove.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
And more recently, she discussed with Su Kyong Isakson how hearing ASL heritage signers could be better included in language education
www.languageonthemove.com/the-case-for...
www.languageonthemove.com/the-case-for...
Reposted by JeminaNapier.bsky.social
Emily has also made some great podcast episodes interviewing researchers working in related areas. Eg in this episode last year, she interviewed @jeminanapier.bsky.social about her work on sign language brokering
www.languageonthemove.com/sign-languag...
www.languageonthemove.com/sign-languag...
Sign Language Brokering
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Professor Jemina Napier (Heriot-Watt University, Scotland) about her 2021 book Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Heari…
www.languageonthemove.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Emily has also made some great podcast episodes interviewing researchers working in related areas. Eg in this episode last year, she interviewed @jeminanapier.bsky.social about her work on sign language brokering
www.languageonthemove.com/sign-languag...
www.languageonthemove.com/sign-languag...
And I’m pleased to say our green team who spoke in favour of the motion won!
June 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
And I’m pleased to say our green team who spoke in favour of the motion won!
The research network project is funded by the Academy for Medical Sciences. After three days of discussions with deaf community members and stakeholder representatives I am feeling exhausted yet exhilarated!
May 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The research network project is funded by the Academy for Medical Sciences. After three days of discussions with deaf community members and stakeholder representatives I am feeling exhausted yet exhilarated!
This project would not have been possible with our collaborators in the equality unit and domestic abuse coordination unit at Police Scotland and involvement of deaf survivors and practising interpreters, translators and independent domestic abuse advisors #makingadifference
May 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This project would not have been possible with our collaborators in the equality unit and domestic abuse coordination unit at Police Scotland and involvement of deaf survivors and practising interpreters, translators and independent domestic abuse advisors #makingadifference
We have created a range of resources for police officers, interpreters and the deaf community: signs.hw.ac.uk/projects/jus...
Justisigns 2: Empowering Victims of Gender-Based Violence (2020-2022)
signs.hw.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We have created a range of resources for police officers, interpreters and the deaf community: signs.hw.ac.uk/projects/jus...
The conference theme “Culture, Connectivity and Technology” is particularly salient at this time when debates concerning AI language technologies and sign languages are being led by deaf scholars such as @mdemeulder.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2505.02519
Deaf in AI: AI language technologies and the erosion of linguistic rights
This paper explores the interplay of AI language technologies, sign language interpreting, and linguistic access, highlighting the complex interdependencies shaping access frameworks and the tradeoffs...
arxiv.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The conference theme “Culture, Connectivity and Technology” is particularly salient at this time when debates concerning AI language technologies and sign languages are being led by deaf scholars such as @mdemeulder.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2505.02519
My talk on Friday will focus on “Transformations of Sign Language Intercultural Mediation over Time” drawing on various research studies including my own - see signs.hw.ac.uk/people/napier/ for examples)
Prof. Jemina Napier
signs.hw.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My talk on Friday will focus on “Transformations of Sign Language Intercultural Mediation over Time” drawing on various research studies including my own - see signs.hw.ac.uk/people/napier/ for examples)
Brennan library book catalogue can be viewed online here: deafaction.org/services/bre...
And they’re looking for any books that people would like to donate ☺️
And they’re looking for any books that people would like to donate ☺️
Brennan’s Library - Deaf Action
Located in our Albany Street headquarters, Brennan's Library contains an extensive collection of deaf-focused literature. Open Fridays 11am - 4pm.
deafaction.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Brennan library book catalogue can be viewed online here: deafaction.org/services/bre...
And they’re looking for any books that people would like to donate ☺️
And they’re looking for any books that people would like to donate ☺️